Abstract

Leonard Nimoy - Jewish actor most well-known for his role as Spock on the Star Trek science fiction series - was interviewed by Christa Whitney in Los Angeles, California on October 15, 2013. Parts of this interview are in Yiddish, subtitled in English.

Addeddate

2014-02-07 01:23:54

Art-themes

Star Trek

Artifacts

1716, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1727, 1728, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749

Citation

Leonard Nimoy Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, October 15, 2013. Video recording, https://archive.org/details/LeonardNimoy15Oct2013YiddishBookCenter ([date accessed]).

Color

color

Controlled-themes

Yiddish words | Family histories | Childhood | Jewish Identity | Yiddish language | Yiddish education | Coming back to Yiddish | Visual Arts | Theater | Music | Singing | Newspapers | Holocaust | World War II | Education | Synagogue | Old Country | Cultural heritage | Yiddish luminaries | Jewish community

Date-themes

1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s

Excerpts

2347, 2348, 2349, 2361, 3501, 3502, 3503, 3504, 3505, 3506, 3507, 3508, 3509, 3510, 7516

Geographic-themes

West End, Boston, Massachusetts | Boston, Massachusetts | Massachusetts | Los Angeles, California | California | Russia | Ukraine | Eastern Europe | Soviet Union | United States

Identifier

LeonardNimoy15Oct2013YiddishBookCenter

Interview-date

10/15/2013

Interview-location

Bel Air, Los Angeles, California

Misc-themes

Orthodox | Vulcan | Science fiction

Narrator-birth-place

Boston, Massachusetts

Narrator-birth-year

1931

Narrator-deceased-date

02/27/2015

Narrator-first-name

Leonard

Narrator-last-name

Nimoy

People-themes

Maurice Schwartz | Janet Hadda | Spock

Scanner

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Series

Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists
Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists
Yiddish Roots: Celebrities reflect on Yiddish and Jewishness

Sound

sound

Uncontrolled-themes

West End, Boston, Massachusetts | Boston, Massachusetts | Massachusetts | Los Angeles, California | California | Russia | Ukraine | Eastern Europe | Soviet Union | United States | Maurice Schwartz | Janet Hadda | Spock | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | Star Trek | Orthodox | Vulcan | Science fiction

Uncontrolled-themes2

West End, Boston, Massachusetts | Boston, Massachusetts | Massachusetts | Los Angeles, California | California | Russia | Ukraine | Maurice Schwartz | Janet Hadda | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | Orthodox | Star Trek | Spock | Vulcan | science fiction

Wohp-interview-id

483

Year

2013

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